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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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