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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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