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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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