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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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