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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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