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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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