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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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