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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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