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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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