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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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