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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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