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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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