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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning make it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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