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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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