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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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