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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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