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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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