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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the 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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