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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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