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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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