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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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