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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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