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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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