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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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