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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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