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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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