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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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