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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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