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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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