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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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