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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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