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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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