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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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