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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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