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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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