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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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