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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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