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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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