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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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