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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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