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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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