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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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