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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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