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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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