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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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