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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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