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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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