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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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