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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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