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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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