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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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