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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States 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 attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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