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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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