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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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