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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key 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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