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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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