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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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