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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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