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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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