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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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