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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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