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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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