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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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