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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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