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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches 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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