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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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