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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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