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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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