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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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