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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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