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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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