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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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