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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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