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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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