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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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