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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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