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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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