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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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