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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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