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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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