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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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