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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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