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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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