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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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