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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important 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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