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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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