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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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