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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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