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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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