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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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