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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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