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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes 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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