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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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