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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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