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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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