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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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