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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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