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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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