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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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