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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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