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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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