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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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