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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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