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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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