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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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