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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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