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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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