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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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