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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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