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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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