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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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