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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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