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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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