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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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