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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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