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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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