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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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