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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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