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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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