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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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