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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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