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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in e-learning enable students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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