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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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