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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the 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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