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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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