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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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