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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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