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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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