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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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