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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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