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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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