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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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