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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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