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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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