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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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