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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education enable learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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