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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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