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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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