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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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