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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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