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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major 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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