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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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