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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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