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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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