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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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