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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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