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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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