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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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