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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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