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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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