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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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