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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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