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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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