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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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