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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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