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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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