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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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