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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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