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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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