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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have enabled students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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