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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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