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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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