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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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