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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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