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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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