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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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