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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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