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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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