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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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