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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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