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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning enable students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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