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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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