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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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