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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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