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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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