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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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