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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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