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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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