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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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