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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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