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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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