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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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