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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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