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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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