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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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