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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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