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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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