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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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