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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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