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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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