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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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