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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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