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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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