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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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