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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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