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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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