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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. People want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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