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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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