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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources