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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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