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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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