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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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