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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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