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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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