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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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