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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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