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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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