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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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