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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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