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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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