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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses 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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