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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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