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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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