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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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