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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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