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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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