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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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