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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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