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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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