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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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