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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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