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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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