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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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