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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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