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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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