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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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