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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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