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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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