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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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