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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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