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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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