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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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