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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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