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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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