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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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