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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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