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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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