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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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