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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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