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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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