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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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