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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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