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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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