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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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