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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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