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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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