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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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