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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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