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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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