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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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