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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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