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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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