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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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