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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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