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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about 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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