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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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