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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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