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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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