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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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