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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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