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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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