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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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