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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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