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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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