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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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