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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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