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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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