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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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