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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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