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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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