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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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