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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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