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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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