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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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