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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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