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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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