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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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