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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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