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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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