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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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