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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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