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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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