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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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