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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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