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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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