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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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