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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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