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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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