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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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