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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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