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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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