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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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