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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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