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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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