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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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