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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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