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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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