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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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