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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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