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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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