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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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