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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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