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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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