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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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