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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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