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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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