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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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