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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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