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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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