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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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