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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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