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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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