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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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