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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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