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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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