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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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