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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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