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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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