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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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