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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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