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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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