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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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