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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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