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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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