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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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