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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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