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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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