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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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