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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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