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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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