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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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