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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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