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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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