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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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