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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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