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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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