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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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