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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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