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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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