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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to participate 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 massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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