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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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