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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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