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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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