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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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