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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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