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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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