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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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