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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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