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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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