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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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