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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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