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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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