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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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