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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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