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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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