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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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