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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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