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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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