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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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