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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition