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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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