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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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