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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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