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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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