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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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