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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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