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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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