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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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