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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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