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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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