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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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