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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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