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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education