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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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