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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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