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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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