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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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