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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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