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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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