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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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