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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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