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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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