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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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