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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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