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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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