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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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