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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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