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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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