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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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