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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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