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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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