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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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