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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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