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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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