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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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