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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like India to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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