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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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