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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly 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 variety of subjects that online education organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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