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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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