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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. 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 MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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