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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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