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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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