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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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