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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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