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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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