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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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