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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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