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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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