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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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