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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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