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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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