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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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