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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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