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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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