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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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