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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning enable learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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