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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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