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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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