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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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