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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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