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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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