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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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