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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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