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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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