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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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