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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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