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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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