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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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