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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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