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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning make it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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