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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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