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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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