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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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