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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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