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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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