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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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