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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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