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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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