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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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