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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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