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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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