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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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