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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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