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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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