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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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