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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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