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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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