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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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