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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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