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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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