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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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