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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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