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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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