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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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