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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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