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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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