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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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