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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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