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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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