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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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