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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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