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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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