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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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