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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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