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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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