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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable students all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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