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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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