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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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