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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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