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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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