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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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