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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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