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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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