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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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