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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing 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 authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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