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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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