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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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