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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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