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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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