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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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