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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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