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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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