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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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