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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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