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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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