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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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