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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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