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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major 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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