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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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