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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have enabled humans all around 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. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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