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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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