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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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