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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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