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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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