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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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