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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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