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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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