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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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