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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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