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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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