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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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