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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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