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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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