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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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