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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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