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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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