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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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