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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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