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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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