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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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