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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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