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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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